Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 29: [Bonus chapter] Deserving each other

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Rain thought that someone was pranking him until he saw something in front of him.

(An Unknown skill leveled up.)

(An unknown path received experience.)

(Until the path is unlocked, you will gain bonus experience in the Human Path of two hundred percent.)

(Human Path received 200 experience points.)

Everyone heard the sound of the water ball falling, and they looked at Rain; the instructor also was ready to give him a lecture since everyone should be quiet while doing the image training until he confirmed that something weird and unexpected had happened.

"There are vestiges of mana here… what did you do?"

"I just tried to visualize a waterball… while focusing on my mana," Rain hesitated since he wasn't supposed to have done the second part.

"Do it again,"

Rain didn't like to focus when everyone was looking at him, but he had to follow the instructions. In the end, it didn't take long for a water ball to appear in front of him. This time, it stayed floating since he kept his focus until the air around grew cold, and he realized that the old man had frozen the waterball.

"It seems that you have descent control over your mana. However, don't use it again. Practical exercises are only to happen in the training grounds."

"Yes sir," Rain replied.

Although Rain wanted to check if he could do the same with the other elements right now, that could wait. Image training also improves his elemental powers, after all. In any case, he learned something that he was supposed to learn far ahead, and he was satisfied with that progress.

As soon as he returned home, Rain decided to focus on his room. While he called his room, he also shared with Dana and Kei. So, he had a hard time focusing while Dana was pulling his cheeks. Still, he managed to create a small wind sphere that spread a gentle breeze around the house when it was canceled.

(An Unknown skill leveled up.)

(An unknown path received experience.)

(Until the path is unlocked, you will gain bonus experience in the Human Path of two hundred percent.)

(Human Path received 200 experience points.)

"... That definitely was magic," Leiah suddenly approached and said while looking around. "Was it you, Rain?"

"Yes, I learned it today," Rain replied and then closed his eyes to focus again and create a waterfall. "I need to train this in order to be able to do it without closing my eyes."

"Wow… I thought that it would take a few more years for you to learn that," Leiah said. "Amazing, Rain! Amazing!"

Rain felt like sighing since his mother raised him and began to spin him around… it was thought to be five years old. In any case, it seemed that such a thing was worth a celebration since his cousin did something when he was around Rain's age.

"Me too! Me too!" Dana said.

Roan also looked surprised when he heard of that, and Rain demonstrated his magic. It seemed that magic wasn't one of his best subjects, and he only learned a few spells after he turned eight. Regardless, while Rain liked to celebrate his victories in the ring before, he felt that his parents were praising him a bit too much. He should be able to outlearn some kids when he had twenty-five years of mental age ahead of them.

Regardless, Rain confirmed that he could create earth pretty fast as well, but the fire was truly his weakness. He had a hard time visualizing flames that he could control… it was fine, though. He expected as much.

"According to Dad, if things hadn't changed, calling forth the four elements are the requirements to pass the test of the second course of magic," Rain thought. "I guess I will just improve my image training during the lessons now and focus on the other courses."

Rain thought that he would have the chance to focus on that, but all of a sudden, his grandparents paid a visit again. It seemed that his parents were as surprised as him… so Rain could only assume that they had received reports about their kids at the school.

"It seems that worrying endlessly about reputation has its perks," Rain thought.

"Sorry, I completely forgot about that… my parents are kind of control freaks," Roan said and then sighed while whispering. "They always know what we are up to."

"We heard what had happened, and we came to check by ourselves," Roswall said. "Since you didn't tell us beforehand."

"Then, how did you come to know?" Roan asked. "Passing the message would only create more problems and spread rumors, and Rain doesn't like that kind of thing. He probably already has enough problems at it is at school.

"Actually, no. The school had been pretty chill so far since the kids can only glare," Rain thought.

In the end, Rain had no idea what his grandparents wanted of him. He passed the first course in one month, more than ten days ago, and they should have heard of that if they truly received reports. In any case, they asked him to show his skills. It was hard to get a good read of them.

"You didn't teach him magic?" Melody asked.

"Magic is my weakest area, and I didn't have time for that," Roan shrugged. "Leiah doesn't know magic either, so this is only thanks to his efforts alone."

"It seems that your incompetence wasn't passed down," Melody said.

"I guess so," Roan shrugged again.

It seemed that Roan was getting more relaxed as of late around his grandparents. Either way, Rain could understand that his grandparents were borderline unbearable. One could only stand it so much without going crazy for so long.

"If you keep showing promise, we will look for a particular instructor to help you develop your magic," Roswall said while he studied Rain. "Keep up the hard work in order not to bring shame to our family's name."

Just like that, they left… Those two truly deserved each other.